About Us
Staff Bios
Chris Kelson - Chief Executive Officer
Chris Kelson is Chief Executive Officer of RiskCheck Inc and is responsible for the strategic direction of the group. Prior to forming RiskCheck Chris was Chairman & Chief Executive of a leading firm of International money brokers, and has worked in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York . He has also been a member of the Bank of England Joint Standing Committee ( FX ), and the New York Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee.
Karen O'Connor - Executive Vice-President
Karen O'Connor is the Executive Vice-President of RiskCheck Inc. and is a graduate of Wilfred Laurier University. Ms O'Connor is responsible for marketing RiskCheck's environmental, health and safety interactive risk management systems to property management groups, pension funds, educational facilities as well as manufacturing companies. Ms. O'Connor also oversees portfolio management and client liaison and is directly involved, as Chairman of RiskCheck Systems Division, in the development of new products such as GreenCheck and On-line Training.
Mathur Variem, B.E.Sc., CRSP - Senior Manager Health & Safety
Mathur Variem joined RiskCheck in June 2005. Mathur brings to our team extensive experience in hazard identification and control; conducting safety studies of plant, equipment and systems; task hazard analysis, developing and establishing safety management systems and conducting training. As safety advisor with a major global company (Shell International Petroleum), Mathur has a proven record of improving safety performance. He has conducted ISRS safety audits of factories, petroleum plants in a number of countries and has 15 years experience in technical safety and engineering management.
Stewart Franck, CRSP - Senior Manager Health & Safety
Stewart joined RiskCheck Inc. in February 2003 with a broad range of experience in injury prevention (WSIB/Education Safety Association), automotive parts manufacturing (Woodbridge Group) and the education sector (Niagara and Peel District School Boards). Throughout his progressive 20+ year career as an H&S professional – he has worked to significantly improve health and safety, both locally and internationally. Stewart holds the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation and actively contributes to peer professional and volunteer organizations.
David Mably, P. Eng., - Senior Manager Environmental
David Mably, P. Eng., is a Senior Engineer/Project Manager who graduated from the University of Toronto in 1986. David has more than 15 years experience in Phase I-III ESAs, environmental management systems, asbestos and environmental-health and safety requirements for all types of facilities and properties. David is responsible for the Environmental Division and involved with contract fiscal budget tracking, job forecasting, development of technical marketing materials and co-ordination of projects and management of junior staff.
Patricia M. Prohaska, - Administration Manager
Pat Prohaska has been with RiskCheck since 1999. Pat has more than 25 years experience in the office administration field. As Administration Manager she is responsible for organizing and coordinating office operations and procedures
to ensure organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Other responsibilities include payroll, accounts payable/receivable, administration of the employee benefit plan, meeting records and general office duties.
Jordan Faust , - Manager, Legislation & Technical Support
Jordan joined RiskCheck in June 2004. He obtained his law degree from the University of Alberta in 2001 . Jordan has a specific interest in health, safety and environmental law. Part of Jordan's duties include researching, communicating to staff and incorporating new health, safety and environmental legislation into RiskCheck's interactive system. Jordan is also responsible for managing the RiskCheck technical support team.
